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barnacle

[bahr-nuh-kuhl] / ˈbɑr nə kəl /


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“We always joke that ever since then, EIT has been a barnacle on the side of the Meow Wolf ship, just hanging on but also occasionally hopping in to contribute,” Maier says.

From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026

A Ram truck with a yellow barnacle on its windshield, a handful of mopeds under rain covers, and a lot of empty parking spaces.

From Slate • Apr. 28, 2025

Researchers wanted to know how this barnacle species might adapt their defences in response to tropicalisation.

From Science Daily • Nov. 9, 2023

“That’s what this group has done. They’ve given us the methods to decode the data that’s there—stored in barnacle shells.”

From National Geographic • Aug. 23, 2023

As he says it, I can feel every barnacle.

From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman




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